v0.2.1 — version bump only (re-trigger Choco verifier)

Pure version bump from v0.2.0. No code changes. Re-pushed to force a fresh Chocolatey verifier run after the source repo was made public.

Artifacts

• LinkDrive-Setup-0.2.1-win-x64.exe — 5.4 MB
• SHA256: 65541BE4C30BB0916C313E5819B9412AE8282E168A692A91B3A930AB1A0AF725

v0.2.0 — Phase 3 complete: SFTP/VPS, transfers, split view, auto-update

First major release since v0.1.0. Summary of everything since:

VPS / SFTP

• Full SFTP backend over russh 0.52 + russh-sftp 2.1
• Per-host session pool, host key TOFU pinning with SHA256 fingerprint, password + ed25519/rsa/ecdsa key auth with passphrase
• Remote ls, stat, read, write, mkdir, rename, delete, dir_size, read_bytes (64 MiB cap for image/video preview)
• Download / upload single + recursive folders with chunked progress events, cancel mid-transfer
• TransfersContext + drawer + view with speed + error surface
• Remote double-click downloads to temp dir then opens in default app
• Drag-drop between local and SFTP panes in split view

UI

• Title bar + window controls matching SyncPad family
• Columns menu with per-column options (Date format), View section (Group by, Folders first, Show hidden), column resize + toggle
• Unified path / search omnibox
• Windows-style view modes (Details/List/Tiles/Small/Medium/Large icons)
• Arrow-key navigation, multi-select (Ctrl/Shift click, Ctrl+A), inline rename, F5 refresh
• Preview pane toggle, bookmarks per source, symlink follow on open
• Status bar with item/selection counts
• Split view (local + active remote side by side)
• Host edit/delete + SSH config import + Tailscale peer picker
• Right-click context menus with Windows-like actions (Open, Open with, Copy as path, Rename, Delete, Properties, Download, Upload)
• Proper Properties modal (file + folder)

Install / update

• Self-installing single-binary installer (SyncPad pattern), TOS gate with scroll-to-bottom requirement
• Silent-install mode (--silent-install, /S, /silent) for package managers
• Add/Remove Programs integration with MoltenPixelStudio publisher
• In-app update banner streams the release asset and applies it via a detached --silent-update child, no manual reinstall

Packaging

• Winget, Scoop, Chocolatey manifests shipped. See the packaging/ directory. Each ecosystem will pick up this tag automatically once the GitHub Action secrets are set (see .github/SECRETS.md).

Artifacts

• LinkDrive-Setup-0.2.0-win-x64.exe — self-installer, 5.4 MB, Windows x86_64
• SHA256: ACF21D97E6329F88B708FA9BD54123B637A73A819D0DA73150E7A423E4213D26

Unsigned. SmartScreen warns on first run until reputation / code-signing cert acquired.

v0.1.0 — Phase 1: local explorer

First tagged build of LinkDrive.

What works

• Local file explorer on desktop (Windows, cross-compiled from Linux via cargo-xwin)
• Self-installing single binary — run LinkDrive-Setup-0.1.0-win-x64.exe, it installs itself to %LOCALAPPDATA%\LinkDrive, registers in Add/Remove Programs, and launches
• Terms of Service gate during install (must scroll + accept)
• Windows-style explorer: Details / List / Tiles / Small/Medium/Large icons (Ctrl+1..6)
• Resizable columns, right-click header to toggle visibility (Name, Size, Type, Modified, Permissions, Owner)
• Unified omnibox — path nav + in-folder search with auto-detect
• Inline image thumbnails in all views
• Right-click context menu (Open, Rename, Copy as path, Delete, Properties, …)
• Image, video, text preview pane

Artifacts

• LinkDrive-Setup-0.1.0-win-x64.exe — self-installer, 3.87 MB (x86_64)

Known gaps

• VPS (SFTP) access — Phase 3
• Mobile client — Phase 2
• Not code-signed (Windows SmartScreen will warn on first run)
• Drag-drop / cut-copy-paste not implemented